2010年4月27日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Europe debt crisis spreads to Portugal (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 05:18 PM PDT

Unemployed school teachers chant slogans at an anti-government demonstration staged by civil servants outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Greece's debt crisis intensified Tuesday as its credit rating cut to junk status. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - Greece was pushed to the brink of a financial abyss and started dragging another eurozone country — Portugal — down with it Tuesday, fueling fears of a continent-wide debt meltdown.

Mexico issues travel alert over new Arizona law (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:51 PM PDT

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon gestures during a press conference at the Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, Monday, April 26, 2010. Earlier in the day, Calderon condemned Arizona's tough new immigration law as discriminatory and warned that relations with the U.S. border state will suffer. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - The Mexican government warned its citizens Tuesday to use extreme caution if visiting Arizona because of a tough new law that requires all immigrants and visitors to carry U.S.-issued documents or risk arrest.

Lawmakers brawl in Ukraine over pro-Russia measure (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 12:27 PM PDT

Ukrainian opposition and pro-presidential lawmakers fight against each other during ratification of the Black Sea Fleet deal with Russia, in parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Ukraine's parliament has voted to extend Russia's lease of a Crimean naval port for the Black Sea Fleet in a chaotic session during which eggs and smoke bombs were thrown. The countries' presidents agreed last week to extend the Russian navy's use of the Sevastopol port for another 25 years after the old lease expires in 2017.(AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)AP - The speaker of Ukraine's parliament huddled under umbrellas as eggs rained down and smoke bombs filled the chamber with an acrid cloud. Then the lawmakers attacked each other, punching and brawling in the aisles.

Noriega extradition to France angers abuse victims (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 02:11 PM PDT

** ALTERNATIVE CROP OF XTC103** A police car carrying former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, hidden by a white sheet, leaves the Paris courthouse, Tuesday, April 27, 2010. A French judge ordered former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega jailed Tuesday pending a trial for money laundering, a decision made only hours after Noriega was extradited from the United States following two decades in a Miami prison. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - Relatives of people tortured and killed under former dictator Manuel Noriega are devastated at the prospect that he may serve out his days in a French prison instead of facing justice at home.

Panama's ex-dictator Noriega jailed in France (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 04:03 PM PDT

A 1990 photo, supplied by the US District Attorney's office, shows former Panamian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega in Miami, Florida. The United States has extradited the former Panamanian strongman to France to face money-laundering charges after years of legal wrangling, US and French officials have said.(AFP/HO/File)AP - Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, fresh out of a Miami prison where he spent two decades, was sent back behind bars in France on Tuesday to await a new legal battle — this time on charges he laundered cocaine profits by buying luxury apartments in Paris.

U.K. election: Celebrities promise change (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:00 PM PDT

Time.com - With a record number of MPs standing down and a slew of independent -- and independently minded -- candidates aiming to take their places, British voters are sure to deliver some surprises on May 6

Gov warns nationals against travel to Thailand (AFP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:58 PM PDT

Pro-government protesters hold a portrait of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej and wave national flags during a counter-protest in Bangkok. The government on Tuesday extended a warning against visiting Thailand, urging its nationals to avoid all but essential travel to the whole country due to AFP - The government on Tuesday extended a warning against visiting Thailand, urging its nationals to avoid all but essential travel to the whole country due to "violent incidents of an unpredictable nature."

Puerto Rico wake features victim atop motorcycle (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 04:55 PM PDT

AP - A funeral home in Puerto Rico that made international headlines two years ago is at it again. Marin Funeral Home has embalmed the body of a young man and put the corpse atop a motorcycle in a hunched-over racing position. The body wears a black cap, black sunglasses and a long-sleeved black T-shirt.

Rwanda president takes stage at Tribeca Film Fest (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 12:53 PM PDT

Director Deborah Scranton, left, and Rwandan President Paul Kagame attend the premiere of 'Earth Made of Glass' during the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival on Monday, April 26, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)AP - The tall thin man strode to the stage at the Tribeca Film Festival and fielded a few questions about one of the main subjects of the documentary just screened — himself: Rwandan President Paul Kagame.

Pentagon taking closer look at Afghan intel unit (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT

Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordered a closer look at a military outfit accused of using contractors to help track down militants in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

Speaker sets deadline in political standoff (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 01:56 PM PDT

Reuters - The speaker of the House of Commons, charged with settling a power struggle between opposition legislators and the Conservative government, gave both sides two weeks on Tuesday to sort out their differences.

Australia delays carbon trading scheme (AFP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 08:24 AM PDT

Exhaust stacks on a northern Queensland sugar refinery in Tully pumps plumes of smoke and steam into the air, 2009. Australia shelved plans for a carbon trading scheme to cut greenhouse gas emissions until at least 2013, blaming the slow pace of global action and an obstructive opposition.(AFP/File/Paul Crock)AFP - Australia on Tuesday shelved plans for a carbon trading scheme to cut greenhouse gas emissions until at least 2013, blaming the slow pace of global action and an obstructive opposition.

Palestinian girls invent 'seeing' walking stick for blind (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 02:32 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - NABLUS, West Bank — When Palestinian teenager Aseel Abu Leil looked around her hometown of Nablus for inspiration for the world's largest science fair, she couldn't help but note the obvious.

Eggs flying in Parliament, Ukraine approves deal for closer Russia ties (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 08:51 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Amid smoke bombs and flying eggs hurled by enraged opposition deputies, Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday controversially agreed to extend the Russian Navy's lease on the Crimean port of Sevastopol for 25 years in exchange for billions of dollars worth of discounted Russian gas.

U.S. Navy Goes Green with Makin Island, Green Hornet (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 03:00 PM PDT

Time.com - The U.S. Navy is launching the hybrid-powered U.S.S. Makin Island and testing the biofuel-friendly Green Hornet. Will there be a shift in the fueling of America's ships and aircraft?

'Avatar' Director: 'A Complete Reboot of How We See Things' (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 04:17 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - UNITED NATIONS, Apr 27 (IPS) - The blockbuster, critically acclaimed film 'Avatar' portrays the ruthless plundering of a pristine ecosystem on a distant planet by greedy corporate interests â€" a scenario that is all too familiar to many indigenous communities here on Earth.

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